The 17th Duke of York's Royal Canadian Hussars (7th Reconnaissance Regiment, 7th RECCE) war diary reports on October 14, 1944: "A" Squadron moved positions in and north-east of Biervliet and Tactical RHQ took over their old Squadron HQ at 192127 (Eiersgatweg, Netherlands). The Squadron's role was to occupy the town (Biervliet). "C" Squadron stil filled the gap between the Stormont Dundas and Glengarry Highlanders and North Nova Scotia Highlanders. "B" Squadron continued their advance on the left flank of the North Shore Regiment. In the afternoon the Adjutant and Signals Officer came over from the mainland with several other RHQ personnel.

At about 1600 hrs RHQ and "A" Squadron had a close call from Rocket-Firing Typhoons (fighter planes) which dove on target about 50 yards in front of our forward troops. There were no casualties in the Regiment but some of our friends were hit.

It doensn't tell anything about Trooper Rezansoff, so perhaps he was killed in action by the Allied Typhoons after all.

Military Graves, mostly (29) Highland Light Infantry of Canada, Paulinapolder, Zeeland, Netherlands.A monument standing almost on the exact location where this soldier had his Military Grave. Paulinapolder, Biervliet, Netherlands.

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Personal details have been collected from official Service Records and the Commonwealth War Graves Commission website. Some of the additional information has been provided by War Diaries, Libera Me (G.E. Spittael), Polder Fighting (R.W. Catsburg), Veterans Affairs Canada, WW2 Talk, Aircrew Remembered and other sources. The commonwealth-adegem.com website is not responsible for incorrect information.